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Guide to Belper, Derbyshire family history and genealogy: parish registers (baptism, christening, marriage, and burial records), civil registration (birth, marriage, and death records), census records, history, wills, cemetery, online transcriptions and indexes, an interactive map and websites.

Parish History[edit | edit source]

BELPER, a market-town and chapelry, and the head of a union, in the parish of Duffield, hundred of Appletree, S. division of the county of Derby, 8 miles (N.) from Derby, and 134 (N. N. W.) from London with nearly the whole of the ecclesiastical parish of Bridge-Hill. There are places of worship for Baptists, Independents, Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists, and Unitarians. The union of Belper comprises 35 parishes. ^[1]

Resources[edit | edit source]

Census records[edit | edit source]

Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a FamilySearch Center or at the FamilySearch Library.

Church records[edit | edit source]

Belper Chapelry registers of christenings, marriages and burials have been indexed by the following groups:

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Belper Chapelry Online Records
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Belper St. Peter was created as a chapelry in Duffield parish in 1783, with St. John the Baptist chapel built in 1824, and made a civil parish in 1843. Parish registers for baptisms start in 1783 and burials in 1794, while marriages begin in 1847. The original registers are held at the Derbyshire Record Office (call no.: D2609A/PI/1/1-2, D2609A/PI/2/1-6, D2609A/PI/3/1-7, P1928/PI/4/1, D1928/PI/5/1-4, D2609A/6/1/1-3). They have been microfilmed and are available through the Family History Library[1]. The records include an index.

Bishop's Transcripts are available for 1783-1832 (with 1815 and 1825 missing), also available on film through the Family History Library[2].

To find the names of neighbouring parishes, use Jurisdictions 1851. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

Non-Conformist Churches[edit | edit source]

Christians, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
General Baptist
Independent/Congregational
Methodist New Connexion
Primitive Methodist
Roman Catholic
Unitarian
Wesleyan Methodist
Wesleyan Methodist Reform

Civil Registration[edit | edit source]

Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Registration District[edit | edit source]

Belper

Poor Law Unions[edit | edit source]

Belper Poor Law Union, Derbyshire

Probate records[edit | edit source]

Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Derbyshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]

Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.

Web sites[edit | edit source]

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References[edit | edit source]

↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England, (1848), pp. 203-207. Date accessed: 08 April 2013.

[1] Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England, (1848), pp. 203-207. Date accessed: 08 April 2013.

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+Guide to Belper, Derbyshire  family history and genealogy: parish registers (baptism, christening, marriage, and burial records), civil registration (birth, marriage, and death records), census records, history, wills, cemetery, online transcriptions and indexes, an interactive map and websites.
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+=== Church records  ===
-Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The [[England Civil Registration|civil registration]] article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is [http://freebmd.org.uk/ FreeBMD].
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 ==== Non-Conformist Churches  ====
+*Christians, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
-==== Census records  ====
+*General Baptist
+*Independent/Congregational
-{{British Census|241287}}
+*Methodist New Connexion
+*Primitive Methodist
-==== Probate records<br>  ====
+*Roman Catholic
+*Unitarian
-Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [[Derbyshire Probate Records|Derbyshire Probate Records]] to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.
+*Wesleyan Methodist
+*Wesleyan Methodist Reform
-==== Poor Law Unions  ====
+=== Civil Registration  ===
+Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The [[England Civil Registration|civil registration]] article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is [http://freebmd.org.uk/ FreeBMD].
+==== Registration District ====
+*Belper
+=== Poor Law Unions  ===
 [[Belper Poor Law Union, Derbyshire]]
+=== Probate records  ===
-== Maps and Gazetteers<br>  ==
+Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [[Derbyshire Probate Records|Derbyshire Probate Records]] to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.
+== Maps and Gazetteers  ==
 Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.<br>